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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 10k this weekend.  It's my first 6.2 miles - I did 6 last weekend.  It took 80 minutes so about 13:20 minute miles.  I don't want to start out too fast and injure myself, hating the last 2-3 miles.  Charts say if my recovery day pace is 13:20, I should be doing 11 minute miles.  That seems really fast!  I don't think I can do 10k in under 70 minutes.

What are your strategies for pacing in a race?  [/quote]

Are most of your runs at the same pace? Most recreational runners tend to do all of their runs at the same pace and just run based on how they feel vs varying pace based on the type of run they are doing. most also don't do their weekly long run at a slower than usual pace.

With that, most can not run as fast as charts tell them, especially if they never run at that pace in training.

if your main goal is to finish the race and feel good then I would start out at your normal running pace. if you feel good at mile 4 or so pick up the pace. it's better to start out slower and have negative splits, that it getting faster each mile, than to go out to fast and have nothing left halfway through. [/quote]

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